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Inside Culture: How We Read

Shahidha Bari celebrates the joy of books and asks whether the way we read is changing

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This Cultural Life: Bernardine Evaristo

The Booker Prize winner reveals the formative experiences and cultural influences that have had an impact on her writing

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"A warehouse of ideas"

Kingston University London - Town House wins the RIBA Stirling Prize

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What ancient art says about nature and us

Objects are a window into another time and place as James Fox explores in his brand new three part series

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What makes horror movies tick?

Mark Kermode reveals the techniques keeping us on the edge of our seat

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The literary voice of the Civil Rights movement

Discover the life and works of James Baldwin

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New on BBC Sounds

Walk with Amal

As puppet Little Amal walks across Europe reflecting the journey made by child refugees, five writers respond in fiction

BBC Sounds

The Cultural Frontline

The World Service show exploring the intersection of arts and news

BBC Sounds

BBC Contains Strong Language

Cerys, Front Row, The Verb and more BBC shows were live at the four-day poetry and spoken word festival in Coventry.

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New on BBC iPlayer

Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story

The untold story of a groundbreaking author and her mission to build a one-woman literary empire

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RIBA Stirling Prize ceremony

Catch up on the ceremony from Coventry Cathedral where the winner of the prestigious architecture award was revealed

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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2021

Kirsty Wark and Brenda Emmanus go behind the scenes to find out which aspiring artists are featuring this year

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Life Drawing Live!

Gallery of your artworks

Here's a selection of the brilliant creations you shared and submitted during our live art class

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Catch up on Life Drawing Live!

Watch our art class again

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Life drawing tips

Artist Adebanji Alade has this guidance on key skills like perspective, colour and texture

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Inside Cinema

The B Word

Bisexuality is often hinted at or implied in cinema, but when mentioned by name, it’s not always exactly flattering

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Welcome to Jackass

Do not try this at home! Charles Bramesco digs into the cultural phenomenon of Jackass

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Winona, Interrupted

Inside Cinema charts the spectacular rise, fall and comeback of era-defining star and Generation X icon Winona Ryder

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Exciting interactives from BBC New Creatives

New prototype embeds BBC sound archive in the real world

The Sonosynthesiser explores how forgotten sound recordings can be embedded in physical space

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Controlling a hologram with your hands

Artist Vince Baidoo-Lowe explores different ways of controlling virtual characters by moving the body

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A sonic adventure through fragile seascapes

An interactive musical experience that explores our ecosystems

BBC New Creatives

New works by D/deaf, neurodivergent and disabled artists

Spectrum Sounds

Seven experimental compositions born out of Andrew Hugill's aurally diverse and synaesthetic sense of hearing

BBC TASTER

Aisle

Animation and vocal soundscape explore the everyday ableism faced by disabled people.

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Complexity of Skin

Two neurodivergent people's desire for touch collides with the discomfort it causes.

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Earth To Alice

Alice is not ok. Post-psychiatric hospital, she needs more than meds. She needs paint.

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Face It - Abbey

Ambitious Abbey is hell-bent on holding back the years, with some help from Muhammad Ali.

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Face It - Leonie

Straight-talking Leonie is confident her acquired visual difference won’t hinder her.

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Hen Night

Fiercely independent Jessica’s ‘last night of freedom’ is far from what we could imagine.

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Louder Is Not Always Clearer

Jonny is Deaf - his superpower is lip reading. But that doesn’t mean everything makes sense.

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Pandemic Parenting - Pandemonium

A dance theatre piece exploring the challenges for parents during lockdown.

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Silent World

Visualising the Covid-19 pandemic through the eyes of Signkid, a deaf-rapper.

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The Cat, The Mouse and The Sausage

Three strangers sharing a small flat encounter big problems in this animated adaptation.

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How To Thrive In 2050!

A call for action for a creative, equitable and ‘neuro-fantastic’ future by an octopussy.

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Manchester International Festival 2021 - Postcards From Now

Breathless Puppets

Rotoscope animation powers this dance film by Akram Khan and Naaman Azhari.

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Download and Run Zoom

A digital collaboration between Lucinda Childs and the Ballet National de Marseille

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Far Away From Russia

The routine of an elderly person and a carer as an unexpected act of love and resistance

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Coventry UK City of Culture 2021

BBC Contains Strong Language 2021

Loyle Carner and Simon Armitage are among those performing at the poetry and spoken word festival in September

Contains Strong Language

Curtain-Up on Coventry

The city's streets are transformed into a giant stage to celebrate becoming UK City of Culture 2021

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Coventry Moves Together

A soundscape of a city-wide orchestra for Coventry UK City of Culture 2021

BBC SOUNDS

Elsewhere in Arts & Culture

Seven questions with Alvaro Barrington

Imelda Barnard interviews the Venezuelan artist to coincide with this solo show at South London Gallery

ART UK

The Central Office of Information at 75

Collaborating with The National Archives and IWM, the BFI showcase the eclectic range of work produced by the department

BFI at Home

Stories from Holburne Museum with Josie Long

Staff and volunteers share their favourite objects, personal picks and hidden gems from the Bath museum

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